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Book Review : The Artist of Disappearance

By amodini Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, evocative, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, india, literature, netgalley, nostalgia, recommended, review | 2 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0547577451″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Artist of Disappearance Author : Anita Desai Pages : 176 Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rating : 3.5/5 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Anita Desai’s latest book “Artist of Disappearance” is composed of three novellas. Each is about art and the artist, and presents a problem […]

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Book Review: Children of Paranoia

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4.5_star_rating, arc, books, crime, culture and society, dystopian, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, series | 5 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”0525952373″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Children of Paranoia Author : Trevor Shane Publisher : Dutton Genre : Dystopian Thriller Release Date : September 8, 2011 Source : Publisher ARC Pages : 371 Rating : 4.5/5 There is a war on and Joseph is in the thick of it. It’s Us vs. Them with […]

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Words to remember: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

By amodini Posted in books, culture and society, fun stuff, humor, lovely things, recommended, series, wit | Comments Off on Words to remember: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party

[amazon_link id=”030737839X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ] [/amazon_link]I’ve finished reading the most recent book of the “No. 1 ladies Detective” series. Of course, it is no secret that I am a super huge fan of Smith’s work and Mma Precious Ramotswe is my favorite female fictional character. Smith weaves truly interesting tales around his main characters […]

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Tejaswee Rao Blogging Awards

By amodini Posted in blog, culture and society, desi, linktastic, recommended, women | 1 Comment »

Feminist and fellow-blogger Indian Homemaker has announced Blogging Awards in the memory of her daughter Tejaswee. There are about 35 categories, in which you can nominate posts. I have added a few of my own which fit, and ask you to to do the same. If you have read of posts which fit into these […]

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Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

By amodini Posted in 2011, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, culture and society, general fiction, historical, literature, nostalgia, penguin_books, viking_books | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”0670022691″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rules of Civility Author : Amor Towles Genre : Historical Pages : 333 (Hardcover) Publisher : Viking (Penguin Books) Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5   Katey Kontent and Eve Ross are great friends. They room together and have come to New York city for work – […]

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Book Review : Finding Nouf

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, houghton_mifflin_harcourt, mystery, recommended, review, women | 1 Comment »

Title : Finding Nouf Author : Zoe Ferraris Genre : Mystery/Suspense/Cultural Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages : 305 Rating  :  4/5 Finding Nouf is about the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. Nouf ash-Shrawi, the daughter of a wealthy and influential family, was by all accounts surrounded by comforts and led a happy […]

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Book Review : The Unincorporated Man

By amodini Posted in 2.5_star_rating, books, culture and society, fantasy, review, sci-fi, tor | Comments Off on Book Review : The Unincorporated Man

Title : The Unincorporated manAuthor : Dani and Eytan KollinGenre : Science fictionPublisher : Tor BooksPages : 496Rating : 3/5 A futuristic society in which people are incorporated just like other assets, cars fly and walls are permeable. Sound intriguing? I thought so, which is why I picked up this book. And just like the […]

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Book Review : The Blood of Flowers

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, historical, little_brown, recommended, review, women | 1 Comment »

Title : The blood of flowers Author : Anita Amirrezvani Pages : 384 Publisher : Little, Brown and Company Rating : 4/5 This book tells the story of a 14 year old nameless young woman in 17th century Persia (now Iran), who after her father’s death, is forced to seek support from her uncle. Her […]

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Book Review : The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, books, culture and society, india, recommended, review, simon_schuster, south-asian | Comments Off on Book Review : The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Title : The White Tiger Author : Aravind Adiga Genre : Realistic fiction Pages : 288 Publisher : Free Press Rating : 4/5 It has taken forever to get this book off my Reading List and into my hands, because I thought it would be a) Boring (did I really want to read about a […]

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Stuff the kids won’t learn in school

By amodini Posted in culture and society, desi, education, kids, learning | 1 Comment »

An email, which has reached me before, reaches me again. It’s been out for a while, and does the rounds every so often. It’s about the 11 things kids won’t learn in school, and the author is supposed to be Bill Gates (according to the email). Now although I liked the content, it didn’t seem […]

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